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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...explorations]], [[Sea explorer|sea explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[...
6: ...ry]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...ry]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
28: ...rlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Northeast Passage]]
30: ... several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tombouctou]] and other pla... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...f [[Canada]], or more specifically, the interior eastern region that would become the first european-in...
5: ...ily of mariners and improved his social status in 1520 by marrying Catherine des Granches, member of a l...
29: ... second and most profitable of Cartier's voyage, lasting fourteen months. Having already located the e... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ... fourth and penultimate monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], is remembered for her attempt to return [[Eng...
13: ... to produce a healthy son; Catherine's sixth and last child was a stillborn daughter.
15: ...e|Greek]], [[science]], and [[music]]. In July [[1520]], when scarcely four and a half years old, she e...
19: ... All appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts to the Pope were abolished, and the Ki...
26: ...d to reside in royal palaces. Henry's sixth and last wife, [[Catherine Parr]], was able to bring the f... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
1: ...lgium, by Gerard Brils, for reading aloud in a monastery.]]
6: == East Asian calligraphy ==
10: ...rt in [[East Asia]] and the most refined form of East Asian [[painting]].
12: ...For centuries, Chinese literati were expected to master the art of calligraphy.]] The style of Chinese ...
14: ...s the unique calligraphic style of Japan. In contrast to the loops and curves of hiragana, katakana is ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
376: *[[Alfred East]] ([[1849]]-[[1913]])
549: *[[Vlastimil Hofman]] ([[1881]]-[[1970]])
979: *[[Maurice Prendergast]] ([[1861]]-[[1924]])
1004: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]] ([[1483]]-[[1520]]) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
3: ...per. Others include [[papyrus]], bark papers, [[plastic]]s, [[leather]], [[fabric]], wood, and [[canvas...
10: ...nting using pigments in a water medium on wet [[plaster]]. One well-known example of buon fresco is the...
12: ...issance]] painter [[Raffaello Santi]] ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), who painted full-scale cartoons as precursors...
33: According to a tradition, dating from at least the early [[20th century]], the white of the pape... - March (3907 bytes)
4: ... of [[Pisces]] and ends in the sign of [[Aries]]. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the conste...
18: ... of [[Gustav I of Sweden|Gustav Vasa]]'s run in [[1520]].
26: *[[March 25]] - [[Lady Day]] or the Feast of the [[Annunciation]].
27: *In [[Western Christianity]], [[Easter]] occurs on a [[Sunday]] between [[March 22]] a... - Raphael (3466 bytes)
2: ...83]] and died on his 37th birthday, [[April 6]] [[1520]] (see the note below about earlier confusion abo...
12: ... and he was honoured with a public funeral. His last work, the Transfiguration, was carried before him...
23: ... his 37th birthday, [[Good Friday]] [[April 6]] [[1520]]. - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
57: *''Dell'arte della guerra,'' [[1519]]-[[1520]] (''[[The Art of War (Machiavelli)|The Art of Wa...
58: ...corso sopra il riformare lo stato di Firenze,'' [[1520]]
59: *''Sommario delle cose della citta di Lucca,'' [[1520]]
60: ...i da Lucca,'' [[1520]] (''The Life of Castruccio Castracani of Lucca'') - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
20: ...the breakdown of monastic institutions and [[scholasticism]] in late medieval Europe, accentuated by th...
28: ...[philosophy|philosophical]] foundations of [[scholasticism]], the new [[nominalism]] did not bode well ...
30: ...orm movements that revolted against medieval scholasticism and the institutions that underpinned it wer...
42: ...nism for centuries: the neo-Platonism of the scholastics and the neo-Aristotelianism of Thomas Aquinas ...
48: ...articularly amongst the radical reformers. Iconoclastic riots took place in Z?(in 1523), Copenhagen (15... - Nubia (8928 bytes)
5: ...rdofan]]. A variety ([[Birgid]]) was spoken (at least until 1970) north of [[Nyala, Sudan|Nyala]] in [[...
9: ...ame time as the [[First dynasty of Egypt|First dynasty]] of Egypt around [[3100 BC]]. It consisted of ...
13: ...d wealth and stability. By the Egyptian sixth dynasty Nubia was divided into a series of small kingdom...
15: ...ds. By the end of the reign of [[Thutmose I]] in 1520 BC all of northern Nubia had been annexed.
19: ...d (the [[Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt|Kushite dynasty]]) in the 8th century BC. Kush was never annexed... - History of India (31279 bytes)
8: ... the [[3rd century]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta dynasty]] oversaw the period referred to as India's "Gol...
11: ...ndian Mathematics|mathematics]], [[Indian science|astronomy]], [[Ancient Indian science and technology|...
14: ...]], and later, by the [[Mughal empire|Mughal]] dynasty. Nevertheless, some indigenous kingdoms remained...
20: ...nt-day India was under the sway of the [[British East India Company]]. A failed insurrection in [[1857]...
26: ...[[1991]], have transformed India into one of the fastest growing economies in the world. - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
7: ...ation, becoming interested in [[geography]] and [[astronomy]]. Some speculate that he may even have bee...
11: ...aptain]]. However, after secretly sailing a ship east without permission, he lost his command and was f...
24: Ruy Faleiro, an [[astronomer]] and Portuguese [[exile]], aided him in h...
26: ...ia de Triana, giving money to the monks of the monastery so they would pray for his success.
39: ...hey were still on the [[Argentina|Argentinian]] coast. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
110: *[[Mary Astell]], (1666-1731){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
128: *[[Gaston Bachelard]], (1884-1962){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}...
155: *[[Sebastiano Basso]], (16th century)
311: *[[Hector-Neri Casta]], (1924-1991){{fn|C}} - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
23: | [[Sultan]]s of the [[Osmanli|Osmanli Dynasty]]
45: ...[[Anatolia]] and ruled by the [[Osmanlı]] dynasty. In diplomatic circles it was often referred to ...
53: ...-century history with both the [[Eastern culture|East]] and the [[Western Culture|West]].
65: ...rt to keep power in their hands by regaining at least some of the lost territories, the triumvirate led...
83: ...220;The beginnings of legal reform in the Middle East were initiated in the ottoman empire in the middl... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ...theology|theologian]] and an [[Augustinian]] [[monasticism|monk]] whose teachings inspired the [[Protes...
19: ...Eisleben]], [[Germany]] and was baptized on the feast day of [[Martin of Tours|St. Martin of Tours]], a...
21: ...t received a Bachelor's degree in [[1502]] and a Master's degree in [[1505]]. According to his father's...
23: ..., Luther left his law school and entered the [[monastery]] there.
26: ...God escaped him. He devoted himself to [[fasting|fasts]], [[flagellation]]s, long hours in [[prayer]] a... - Argon (6952 bytes)
20: {{Elementbox_ionizationenergies4 | 1520.6 | 2665.8 | 3931 }}
63: ... The [[Mars (planet)|Martian]] atmosphere in contrast contains 1.6% of Ar-40 and 5 [[part per million|p... - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
8: ... the [[3rd century]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta dynasty]] oversaw the period referred to as India's "Gol...
11: ...ndian Mathematics|mathematics]], [[Indian science|astronomy]], [[Ancient Indian science and technology|...
14: ...]], and later, by the [[Mughal empire|Mughal]] dynasty. Nevertheless, some indigenous kingdoms remained...
20: ...nt-day India was under the sway of the [[British East India Company]]. A failed insurrection in [[1857]...
26: ...[[1991]], have transformed India into one of the fastest growing economies in the world. - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
4: ...rn [[Iran]]. The Elamite period is considered to last from ca. [[2700 BC]] to [[539 BC]], with a preced...
13: ...sation found in the Indus Valley somewhat to the East, but such links are at best conjectural, as [[Ind...
19: ...period ends with the establishment of the Awan dynasty. The first attestation of the name of the kingd...
21: ...plateau]]; examples of Elamite remains north and east of Iran are [[Sialk]] in [[Isfahan Province]] and...
25: ... 1600 BC (earliest documents until the Eprati dynasty) - Estevanico the moor (3698 bytes)
5: ...tholic Church|Roman Catholicism]]. He was sold in 1520 to Andrés Dorantes de Carranza, a [[Spanish nobi...
8: ...aversed the continent as far as present-day southeastern [[Arizona]], and through the [[Sonoran Desert]...
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